Ridge Gourd Kootu
Servings: 1
Equipment
- Mixer Grinder
- Cooking Vessel
- Pan
Ingredients
- 100 gms Ridge Gourd (finely chopped)
- 100 gms Split green gram
- 2 Nos Onion (finely chopped)
- 2 Nos Tomatoes (finely chopped)
- 1 pinch Turmeric powder
- ½ tbsp Mustard seeds
- ½ tbsp Split black gram
- 1 stalk Curry leaves
- 1 tbsp Coriander leaves (finely chopped)
For Grinding
- 1 No Green chilli
- ¼ tbsp Cumin seeds
- ¼ tbsp Coconut grated
- 2 tbsp Gingelly oil
- 250 ml Water
- As required Salt
Instructions
- Grind all the ingredients with sufficient water, into a fine paste.
- Cook the split green gram in a vessel with 100 ml of water, adding a pinch of turmeric powder and a few drops of oil.
- Once cooked, step the cooker from on the stove and set aside. Heat the oil in a pan.
- Fry mustard seeds, black gram, curry leaves and Asafoetida Add the gourd and saute it, followed by onions and tomatoes.
- Cook by adding sufficient water until done.
- Add the ground paste and the cooked split green gram Add salt, bring it to boil. step down the cooker from on the stove.
- Serve hot.